How common is the surname Geiser?

3,912 people in the United States had the surname Geiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,923 Americans. It ranked 8,443rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Geiser?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Geiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Geiser getting more or less common?

More common. 3,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,912 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Geiser

A surname, carried by 3,912 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Geiser is more common than 94.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,912 people named Geiser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,923 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,533.

#8,443

rank among US surnames

3,912

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+10.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,580)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,437	Desousa	3,915	78,862
#8,438	Eddins	3,914	78,882
#8,439	Esteves	3,913	78,903
#8,443	Bergquist	3,912	78,923
#8,446	Springs	3,911	78,943

Who is named Geiser

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Geiser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Geiser

Geiser has the Soundex code G260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G260.

Questions

How common is the surname Geiser?: 3,912 people in the United States had the surname Geiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,923 Americans. It ranked 8,443rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Geiser?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Geiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Geiser getting more or less common?: More common. 3,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,912 in 2010, up 11%.